Layton's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Thirty-four Layton intersections appear in UDOT's signalized-intersection safety model for pedestrians and bicyclists, including three Rail Trail crossings controlled by HAWK beacons. For this page, each crash in UDOT's records that involved a pedestrian or a bicyclist was credited to the nearest of those 34 signals, as long as it lay within 250 feet, the Highway Safety Manual's definition of an intersection crash. Serious or fatal means UDOT coded the crash as Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury.

That produces 83 crashes: 47 involving a pedestrian, 9 of them serious or fatal (19.1%), and 36 involving a bicyclist, 4 of them serious or fatal (11.1%). Both shares sit above the statewide figures under the same method, 16.7% and 8.9%, though with totals this small a single crash moves Layton's pedestrian share by about 2 points and its bicycle share by nearly 3. Ten of the 34 signals recorded no crash of either kind.

Two Streets, Two Kinds of Crash

Main Street (SR-126) carries the pedestrian story. Its signals at Gentile Street, Antelope Drive and Hill Field Road hold the city's top three pedestrian counts, and the five modeled Main Street signals together account for 19 of Layton's 47 pedestrian crashes and 5 of the 9 that were serious or fatal. Gentile Street at Main Street leads with 7, three of them serious or fatal; only three signals in Utah had more serious or fatal pedestrian crashes. It recorded no bicycle crashes at all.

Hill Field Road (SR-232) carries the bicycle story. Three of its signals, at Gordon Avenue, Main Street and the I-15 interchange, recorded 18 of the city's 36 bicycle crashes and 3 of its 4 serious or fatal ones. Hill Field Road at Gordon Avenue alone had 11 bicycle crashes, the most at any of the 1,263 signals in UDOT's statewide model, against a single pedestrian crash. The two streets meet at Hill Field Road and Main Street, which ranks third in the city for pedestrian crashes and second for bicycle crashes.

Layton's Top Ten by Pedestrian Crashes

Ranked by pedestrian crashes recorded from January 2018 through August 4, 2025. Ties are broken first by bicycle crashes, then by serious or fatal pedestrian crashes, and if still level, the more northerly signal is listed first. Daily walker and vehicle figures are estimates from UDOT's model, not counts.

• Gentile Street (SR-109) & Main Street (SR-126) — 7 pedestrian crashes, 3 of them serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. The most serious or fatal pedestrian crashes at any Layton signal.
• Antelope Drive (2000 North) & Main Street (SR-126) — 6 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and 3 bicycle crashes. The busier of its two roads carries an estimated 46,500 vehicles a day, the highest estimate in this list other than the I-15 interchange.
• Hill Field Road (SR-232) & Main Street (SR-126) — 4 pedestrian crashes (2 serious or fatal) and 6 bicycle crashes (1 serious or fatal). Second in the city for bicycle crashes, with the highest estimated foot traffic, about 417 people a day.
• Hill Field Road (SR-232) at the I-15 interchange — 3 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash, which was serious or fatal. UDOT's model estimates about 410 people on foot here a day.
• Gentile Street (SR-109) & Fort Lane — 3 pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash, none serious or fatal. UDOT's model lists one bus stop nearby.
• Gordon Avenue (1000 North) & 3200 West — 3 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. About 11,000 vehicles a day use the busier road, the lightest volume in this top ten.
• SR-193 & Fairfield Road — 2 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and 2 bicycle crashes. UDOT estimates only about 45 people walk through here a day, the fewest in this list.
• Gordon Avenue (1000 North) & Fairfield Road — 2 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 2 bicycle crashes. UDOT's model lists a school nearby.
• Gentile Street (SR-109) & Fairfield Road — 2 pedestrian crashes and 2 bicycle crashes, none serious or fatal, near a school and two bus stops. The model's estimate of about 13 cyclists a day is the highest in this top ten.
• Antelope Drive (2000 North) & Hill Field Road (SR-232) — 2 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. That serious crash puts it ahead of three other signals with 2 pedestrian crashes. UDOT estimates about 416 walkers a day here, second-most in the city.

These ten account for 34 of Layton's 47 pedestrian crashes and all 9 of the serious or fatal ones. They also hold 17 of the 36 bicycle crashes. The notable absence is Hill Field Road at Gordon Avenue: with the most bicycle crashes in the state, it misses this list entirely, because only 1 pedestrian crash was recorded there.

Layton's Bicycle Crashes

Hill Field Road at Gordon Avenue stands apart, with 11 bicycle crashes, 1 of them serious or fatal, nearly a third of the city's total. Hill Field Road at Main Street follows with 6 and Antelope Drive at Main Street with 3; no other signal had more than 2. The four serious or fatal bicycle crashes happened at four different signals: Hill Field Road at Gordon Avenue, at Main Street and at the I-15 interchange, and the Rail Trail crossing on Gordon Avenue at 1800 West.

Reading UDOT's Exposure Estimates

Beyond the signal list, UDOT's model supplies estimates that help with context: average daily walkers and cyclists, vehicle volumes on the major and minor roads, nearby schools and bus stops, and whether the intersection is lit. It also contains a predicted number of crashes per signal. That prediction came from a separate analysis with no stated time window, so it is left out of every comparison on this page.

The estimates fit the pedestrian list reasonably well. The three signals with the most estimated walkers, Hill Field Road at Main Street (about 417 a day), Antelope Drive at Hill Field Road (416) and Hill Field Road at the I-15 interchange (410), all recorded pedestrian crashes. They fit the bicycle list poorly. The model puts about 1 cyclist a day at Hill Field Road and Gordon Avenue, the signal with the most bicycle crashes in Utah, while the five signals with the highest rider estimates, 15 to 19 a day, recorded no more than 1 bicycle crash each. With figures this small, that mismatch is a reason to look closely at an individual crash, not a finding about the street.

Fridays and Saturdays in Layton

Layton’s pedestrian crashes pile up at the end of the work week. Sixteen of the 47 happened on a Friday, a third of the total and the highest Friday share among the 20 Utah cities with at least 20 pedestrian crashes at their signals. Saturday and Sunday together had 5. Bicycle crashes shift a day later: 11 of the 36 came on a Saturday, more than on any other day.

Through the day, pedestrian crashes were spread fairly evenly from 6 a.m. to midnight, but light still mattered: 4 of the 16 in the dark were serious or fatal, against 4 of the 25 in daylight. Counting the complete years 2018 through 2024, September and October together held 16 of 42 pedestrian crashes.

Teen Drivers and Distraction in Layton’s Reports

A teen driver was involved in 6 of Layton’s 47 pedestrian crashes and 6 of its 36 bicycle crashes. Distracted driving was flagged in only 2 pedestrian crashes, but both were serious or fatal. Hit-and-run flags were less common than statewide, on 4 pedestrian crashes and 5 bicycle crashes.

Distraction is hard to prove after the fact, and phone records or nearby video usually have to be requested early. A rider forced off the road by a driver who never touched them faces a separate hurdle: when an unidentified vehicle is blamed for a no-contact crash, Utah Code § 31A-22-305 requires clear and convincing evidence of that vehicle beyond the injured person’s own testimony.

Layton’s 40-mph Grid

Most of Layton’s modeled signals sit where the faster road is posted 40 mph: 26 of 34, holding 34 of the 47 pedestrian crashes and 29 of the 36 bicycle crashes. The top pedestrian crash site, Gentile Street at Main Street, is posted 35 on Gentile and 40 on Main, and Hill Field Road at Gordon Avenue, the signal with more bicycle crashes than any other in Utah’s data, is posted 40 on both roads. Antelope Drive at Main Street reaches 45 on Main.

Because so many crossings share the same limit, posted speed does little to separate Layton’s worse signals from its better ones; 8 of the 34 pedestrian crashes at 40-mph signals were serious or fatal. These are current postings from UDOT and UGRC, not the speed of any car in a recorded crash.

What the Counts Cannot Tell You

Three gaps are worth keeping in mind. First, distance: a cyclist hit on an open stretch of Hill Field Road or a pedestrian struck crossing a shopping-center lot sits more than 250 feet from any signal and is excluded. Second, scale: most Layton signals logged 0 to 3 crashes of each type over seven and a half years, so one collision can reorder the list. Third, meaning: a crash record shows where people were hurt, not who was at fault, and it counts collisions rather than injured people.

Hit While Walking or Riding in Layton

If you were hurt at one of these signals, the record of earlier crashes there can matter. It speaks to whether the hazard was known, and it can point toward the design or timing of the crossing as well as the driver's conduct. The signal timing, striping and lighting records that show how a crossing worked on a given day are held by Layton City or UDOT and can be requested. Our Layton pedestrian accident and Layton bicycle accident pages explain how these claims are handled, and the statewide guides walk through proving fault, making a PIP claim and the filing deadlines. For crashes of every kind ranked by street, see Layton’s most dangerous roads.

What Compensation Can Cover

• Economic losses: hospital and surgical bills, follow-up treatment, missed paychecks, and lower future earnings if the injury limits the work you can do.
• Non-economic losses: pain, lost sleep and mobility, and giving up the walks, rides and routines you had before the crash.
• Future care: later procedures, extended therapy, and home modifications or assistance for injuries that do not fully heal.

How These Figures Were Built

Source data: UDOT crash records dated January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025, limited to crashes involving a pedestrian or bicyclist. Matching: each crash credited to the nearest signal in UDOT's signalized-intersection pedestrian and bicycle safety model within 250 feet, per the Highway Safety Manual. Severity: serious or fatal means UDOT coded the crash Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury. Estimates: walker, cyclist and vehicle volumes, schools, bus stops and lighting come from the same UDOT model. Statewide comparisons apply this method to all 1,263 signals in the model. Weekday, hour and light figures and the driver flags come from the same UDOT crash records, with months compared over the complete years 2018 through 2024; posted limits come from UDOT’s 2026 state-route speed layer and UGRC’s Utah Roads data. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.